Carnegie Mellon Libraries: Art: Library Catalogs/Indexes/Databases

Selected databases, web resources, books and periodicals available via the Carnegie Mellon Libraries and elsewhere to help artists get started in finding information on careers, jobs, funding, and other opportunities. Print resources cited, if held by the libraries are noted by call number and location.

Directories

Research tips:

Organizational websites often contain directories to other organizations: Check also the Organizations and Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania Resources sections in this web guide. Hunt Library holdings for directories below are noted by location.

Always try to verify directory information directly with the actual source(s) you are trying to contact or get information about. Both print and web publications can go out of date quickly even when updated regularly.

Arts

Hunt Library-Arts Reference (FA-REF-4)
(412) 268-7272
artsref@andrew.cmu.edu
Consult a librarian or any number of arts national and international directories.

American Art Directory. New York, Jaques Cattell Press, R.R. Bowker.
HUNT FA-REF-4 N50 .A54 Annual
Lists contact and summary descriptive information on national and regional colleges, universities, libraries, museums, associations, organizations, scholarships and fellowships, open exhibitions, traveling exhibition booking agencies. Also contact information for state art councils, state directors and supervisors of art education, art magazines, newspaper art editors and critics. Includes a subject index as well as personnel and organization indexes.

Americans for the Arts: Online Field Directory
A searchable database of local, state, regional, and national arts service organizations in the U.S. Contact and address information for over 3,000 local arts agencies/councils as well as other state, regional, and national arts service organizations.

Art Diary International. Milan, Italy: G. Politi.
HUNT FA-REF-4 N50 .A77 Annual
Contact information for people and places in the international art scene including artists and art professionals, galleries and museums.

Art in America Guide: Sourcebook to the U.S. Art World: Galleries Museums and Artists. New York: Art in America, 1988 - present.
HUNT FA-REF-4 N510 .A78 Annual
Contact and descriptive summary information on U.S. museums, galleries, university galleries, nonprofit exhibition spaces, corporate consultants, private dealers and print dealers. Also a brief listing for art schools and services.

Artists Communities: A Directory of Residencies in the United States That Offer Time and Space for Creativity. Tricia Snell, ed. New York: Allworth Press and Alliance of Artists' Communities, 2000.
HUNT FA-REF NX110 .A767 2000; 2005
Multidisciplinary for the arts. Summary descriptions and contact information; website online (not clear how it compares to the print version) also lists some job opportunties.

ArtsInfo - Organizations (Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council)
Lists links to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and national organizations.

ArtsNet: The Institute for the Management of Creative Enterprises
A joint program of the Carnegie Mellon College of Fine Arts and the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management. Links and information to the Master of Arts Management program and the Center for Arts Management and Technology including the Searchable Databases of Arts Resources to directories on arts resources, arts sites, public art and arts news.

Grants and Related Resources (Jon Harrison, ed., University of Michigan)
Some resources focused for Michigan, but otherwise headed toward a comprehensive annotated list of resources worldwide as well as links to guides in grantmaking.

International Directory of Arts. Frankfurt am Main Verlag Muller GmbH & Co.
HUNT FA-REF-4 N50 .I6 3 Vols. Annual
Contact information for museums and galleries, universities, academies and colleges, associations, art and antique dealers, auctioneers, restorers, book and periodical publishers, antiquarians, booksellers. Includes indexes to personnel, institutions and companies.

National Association of Artists' Organizations: Artists Organizations and Affiliates
Online Directory under construction as of 5/16/05 with some listings.
NAAO also published Organizing Artists: A Document and Directory of the National Association of Artists Organizations (1992) which includes artists testimonials, essays, and The Timetable Project by Vince Leo, a compilation of events of the colorful history of arts organizing from 1905-1990.
HUNT FA-RE-4F N11 .O73 1992

National Directory of Arts Internships. Los Angeles, CA: National Network for Artist Placement. Christensen, Warren and Clawges, Ron, eds.
HUNT FA-REF-4 NX396.6 .N38 Bi-annual

Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts: National Directory
Online directory by state.

General

Hunt Library-1st Floor Reference (REF-1)
(412) 268-2442
huntref@andrew.cmu.edu
Consult a librarian or any number of interdisciplinary national and international directories.

Ruffner, Frederick G., ed. Encyclopedia of Associations. Detroit: Gale Research Co.
HUNT REF-1 AS22 .E5 (multi-volume annual)

Directory of Pennsylvania Foundations. Philadelphia, PA : The Library.
HUNT REF-1 HV98 .P4 D58 58 7th 2003

Organizations

Research tips:
Searchable databases or opportunity listings are available from many of these organizational sites. Check also the Directories and Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania Resources sections of this web guide for information on more arts organizations.

Alliance of Artists Communities
"Supporting artist-in-residence programs, and advocating for creative environments." Website contains searchable database for residencies and job listings, events news, articles, tips and more.

Americans for the Arts
Non-profit advocacy organization created in 1996 as the result of a merger between the National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies (NALAA) and the American Council for the Arts (ACA). In 2005, Americans for the Arts and Arts & Business Council Inc. merged their operations in order to help increase fundng for the arts from the private sector. The web site is detailed with links, information and documentation about policy, advocacy and legislation, research and professional development as well as news and events. Also includes a full-text online library, an organizations field directory, job bank and national arts policy database.

Artist Trust
Though most of the resources are geared toward Washington State residences the following links from the site are useful to artists nationally:
Artist Information Resources and
Artists Assets: Artist Trust's Guide to Artists Resources

College Art Association (CAA)
Established in 1911 to advocate for art teaching and scholarship. Holds an annual conference which includes interview sessions for employment. Provides publication opportunities to members through its own publications and awards grants via the Millard Meiss Publication Fund. CAA publications include Art Bulletin, Art Journal, CAA News, conference Abstracts, caa.reviews online, Monographs in the Fine Arts occasional publications.

Business Volunteers for the Arts
Facilitates collaborations and services with business professionals and non-profit arts organizations who want to improve their business practices. Founded 1975.

Creative Capital Foundation
a New York City-based nonprofit organization; funds and promotes "artists who pursue innovation in form and/or content in the performing and visual arts, film and video, and in emerging fields"; provides advisory services and professional development assistance to recipients.

Cultural Policy and the Arts: National Data Archive
Mission is "to acquire, archive, document and preserve high quality data sets on key topics in arts and cultural policy, and make them available in a user-friendly format to scholars, journalists, policy makers, artists, cultural organizations, and the public."
Contents include detailed statistical data and "quick facts" about the arts, artists, organizations, and audiences. Includes many useful links to arts and cultural policy resources, academic centers, non-profit and commerical organizations, artists unions, U.S. government and international resources.

National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
Mission is to "advance and promote a meaningful role for the arts in the lives of individuals, families and communities throughout the United States...empower state arts agencies through strategic assistance that fosters leadership, enhances planning and decision making, and increases resources."
The searchable web site features directory information, feature stories and facts on news and trends, related links.

National Coalition Against Censorship
Programs, action alerts and censorship news. Hosts and maintains The File Room, a searchable archive documenting arts and censorship case studies from 1800 to the present. Projects also include the Arts Advocacy Project supporting artistic freedom and Art Now a search engine for finding NCAC news and activities.

National Network for Artist Placement
Produces a number of print guides to help artists in their chosen careers; offers consultations for individuals and groups.

New York Foundation for the Arts Interactive
A national resource advocating for artists and their supporters. Includes event, opportunity and job listings, business of art articles and other online publications; overviews of NYFA artists. Some of the org's funding and programs is limited to New York residents only.

Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Offers pro bono legal services, "MediateArt," advocacy, and educational programs for individuals and non-profits.

Women's Caucus For Art (WCA)
Mission is to support women in the visual arts. Holds an annual conference; recognizes women with the National Lifetime Achievement Award. Web site includes a resource list, brief reviews and other information on it's mission, members and organization. Founded in 1972 in connection with the College Art Association.

Law and Copyright

The Law Portal: Law Primers for the Arts
Goal is to "present legal primers – relatively brief summaries of the law for non-lawyers - on matters that affect the arts, artists, and arts institutions. The materials have been created by a wide variety of non-profit organizations, government entities, and for-profit businesses.
Created by Sandra Braman at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation.

Copyright Information (Erika Linke, Associate Dean of Libraries, Carnegie Mellon)
A compilation of useful links about copyright in general as well as for the arts.

Guides for Grantmaking

Grantfinder: The Complete Guide to Postgraduate Funding Worldwide: Arts and Humanities. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000.
Search by name of grant, organization, discipline or award name.
HUNT FA-REF-4 LB2337.2 .G736 2000

Grantmaking Resources and
Comprehensive Grantmaking Sites (Adele Barsh, Business and Economics Librarian, Carnegie Mellon)

Grants and Related Resources (Jon Harrison, ed., University of Michigan)
Some resources focused for Michigan, but otherwise headed toward a comprehensive annotated list of resources worldwide as well as links to guides in grantmaking.

Journals: Opportunity Listings

Listings for artist opportunities can often be found in the classified or special sections of your favorite magazine or on the web often via organizational sites. Below are periodicals that post jobs or other opportunities as a main part of their service or publication. Hunt Library carries subscriptions for most of these journals.

Art Calendar: The Business Magazine for Visual Artists
HUNT FA-JOUR-4 (back issues, Hunt 3rd floor)
Job and opportunity postings, news and articles available in the print edition. The Art Calendar website is mostly promotional but contains an artists discussion forum called artscuttlebutt.com.

Arts Management: The National News Service for Those Who Finance, Manage and Communicate the Arts. New York, N.Y. : Radius Group Inc.
HUNT FA-JOUR-4 (back issues, Hunt 3rd floor)

ARTSEARCH: The National Employment Bulletin for the Arts. New York, N.Y. : (Theatre Communications Group)
HUNT FA-JOUR-4 (back issues, Hunt 3rd floor)
Focus on performance and arts administration.

Aviso: A Monthly Dispatch from the AAM. Washington, D.C. : American Association of Museums.
HUNT HIBD P A989 (Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation).

CAA Careers: Positions Listing. New York, N.Y. : College Art Association.
This listing is distributed only to individual (versus institutional) members of the College Art Association.

Update. (The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust)
A monthly listing of employment and other opportunities for artists, announcements and events.
HUNT FA-JOUR-4 and Update online

Manuals and Guides

There are many "survival" guides published in print and on the web. Organizational web sites increasingly contain essays and information on "how to". Hunt Library selectively collects print guides and manuals.
Try also contacting the staff and library of the The Career Center at Carnegie Mellon.

Research tips for Hunt Library Arts collections:

Try a search in Cameo (Carnegie Mellon Libraries catalog). The following subject headings are a sampling of what might be used as a start in all or part of your search. Be advised that some information in these types of resources can go out of date quickly. Verify information with up-to-date resources or by contacting appropriate persons or organizations.

Art marketing
Art vocational guidance
Art economic aspects
Artist colonies
Artists economic conditions
Artists contracts
Artists health and hygiene
Artists safety measures
Artists materials toxicology
Copyright art
Law and art

Browse the book stacks: Call number classifications for survival-type manuals and guides vary depending on the focus, so, books will be shelved in various areas.

Guide recommendation:
An oft-recommended vocational guidance manual for artists in general is:
Michels, Caroll. How to Survive and Prosper as an Artist : Selling Yourself Without Selling Your Soul.
New York : H. Holt, 2001. 5th edition
HUNT STACKS-4 N6505 .M46 2001

Schools, Colleges and Universities

These are only a few options that might help in identifying an institution's contacts, focus and/or services. If you know the name of the institution or personnel, verifying information via e-mail, mail or phone via the institution is recommended.

Organizations

College Art Association (CAA)
Established in 1911 to advocate for art teaching and scholarship. Holds an annual conference which includes interview sessions for employment. Provides publication opportunities to members through its own publications and awards grants via the Millard Meiss Publication Fund. CAA publications include Art Bulletin, Art Journal, CAA News, conference Abstracts, caa.reviews online, Monographs in the Fine Arts occasional publications.

Annotated Directories

American Art Directory. New York, Jaques Cattell Press, R.R. Bowker.
HUNT FA-REF-4 N50 .A54 Annual
Lists contact and summary descriptive information on national and regional colleges, universities, libraries, museums, associations, organizations, scholarships and fellowships, open exhibitions, traveling exhibition booking agencies. Also contact information for state art councils, state directors and supervisors of art education, art magazines, newspaper art editors and critics. Includes a subject index as well as personnel and organization indexes.

Career Center at Carnegie Mellon

College Source Online
Information on accredited colleges in the U.S., 2-year, 4-year, and graduate schools, along with links to college home pages

Grantfinder: The Complete Guide to Postgraduate Funding Worldwide: Arts and Humanities. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000.
Search by name of grant, organization, discipline or award name.
HUNT FA-REF-4 LB2337.2 .G736 2000

Hunt Library-1st Floor Reference
(412) 268-2442
huntref@andrew.cmu.edu
You can consult a number of recent interdisciplinary national and international directories, such as The World of Learning, various guides to degree programs and the annual Educational Rankings among other resources at the 1st floor Reference Desk at Hunt. Browse the call number, 378.

International Directory of Arts. Frankfurt am Main Verlag Muller GmbH & Co.
HUNT FA-REF-4 N50 .I6 3 Vols. Annual
Contact information for museums and galleries, universities, academies and colleges, associations, art and antique dealers, auctioneers, restorers, book and periodical publishers, antiquarians, booksellers. Includes indexes to personnel, institutions and companies.

The National Faculty Directory. Detroit: Gale Research.
REF-DESK L901 .N34 (Hunt Library, 1st Floor)

Petersons.com: The Education Supersite
Includes information about colleges and universities, graduate programs, study abroad, summer programs, careers and more. Try the Visual and Performing Arts Program search.

Peterson's Professional Degree Programs in the Visual and Performing Arts. 6th edition. Princeton, N.J. : Peterson's, 2003.
HUNT FA-REF-4 NX303 .P52 2003

Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania Resources

Web Gateways